Grefe & Sidney attorneys Aaron W. Lindebak and Andrew D. Hall successfully represented Defendant Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa in a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit. The case, Shelley West v. Farmers Mutual Hail Company of Iowa (Case No. LACV013322), was heard in the Iowa District Court for Clarke County. The Core Dispute […]

The Bottom Line for Insurers The Iowa Supreme Court recently delivered a strongly defense-favorable ruling for claims involving statutory immunity, affirming the dismissal of an $18.2 million personal injury lawsuit. The Court reaffirmed that the Iowa Domesticated Animal Activities Act (Iowa Code ch. 673) provides robust protection against liability and clarified that plaintiffs cannot easily […]

DES MOINES, IOWA — Grefe & Sidney Partner Ben Erickson recently secured a significant victory for a national contracting firm in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The federal court granted a complete dismissal in a high-stakes construction damage dispute involving multi-million dollar utility infrastructure. Strategic Defense  Representing the defendant, […]

DES MOINES, IOWA — When a subcontractor is injured on a job site, is the general contractor automatically liable? In a recent decision shaping general contractor liability, Iowa’s Supreme Court addressed exactly how much contractual authority a general contractor must have over a project to trigger a duty of care for a subcontractor’s work. In […]

Andy Hall and Ben Erickson recently represented a local veterinarian who pulled out from a stop sign and didn’t see an oncoming car, resulting in a high-speed collision. Plaintiffs were represented by a law firm out of Ogden, Utah. Plaintiffs claimed damages from a shattered knee cap and broken wrist, resulting in multiple surgical procedures […]